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4 Ways To Deal With Canceled Leave
My family is getting ready for three weeks of predeployment leave. We’ve made plans. We’ve mapped-out routes. And we’ve crossed our fingers that leave won’t be suddenly canceled. Because don’t you know that is exactly what might happen. How do I know...
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Fri, Aug 31 2012 10:08 AM
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The Childless Confusion of Military Life
Childless confusion and childless ignorance invades all aspects of my life. Especially on a military base. I’m used to three distinct kinds of traffic here, and only three: base traffic, beach traffic, and the traffic that comes from every blue...
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Fri, Aug 31 2012 5:00 AM
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Why We Love Naked Soldiers
Naked pictures of Prince Harry cavorting in Las Vegas made the press this week. Not that impressive. Not shocking either. Are we now going to see pictures of all the 28-year old, single guys cavorting in Vegas that weekend? Probably not. Wrong answer...
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Thu, Aug 30 2012 9:50 AM
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Fed Budget Woes Making you Fret?
If you’re anything like me, there are some things that you just love about life on or near a military base. One of mine is our proximity to services the base offers that make my life just a tiny bit more comfortable. The childcare, the mental health help...
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Thu, Aug 30 2012 5:00 AM
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YDU: The Power of “Yes”
I knew we are about halfway through my husband’s second deployment, so I googled the good ‘ole “Donut of Misery,” an Excel spreadsheet formula that graphs how long you have until the end of deployment. I plugged in my correct estimated dates and was beyond...
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Wed, Aug 29 2012 10:00 AM
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Schedule? We Need To Talk
Five little words men hate to hear: Honey, we need to talk. Five little words military spouses hate to hear: Let’s talk about the schedule. Ugh. The schedule. Let’s talk about the ship’s schedule. Let’s talk about how many days you are going to be gone...
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Wed, Aug 29 2012 5:03 AM
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Homesick? Tips for Fighting it Off
I am the world’s most spoiled person. Or, at least I was until I was somehow tricked into moving away from my hometown of Santa Cruz, Calif. Right on the beach of the central California coast, Santa Cruz has cool, temperate weather year round, beautiful...
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Tue, Aug 28 2012 10:00 AM
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Celebrities Who Should Be On Stars Earn Stripes
Stars Earn Stripes, the new reality series that premiered last week on NBC, seems to be leaving audiences with a bad taste in their mouths. That’s why I’m planning to pitch a new and improved version to the execs at NBC, one that won’t be accused of sanitizing...
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Tue, Aug 28 2012 5:00 AM
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Bahrain: What Is It Like To Be Stationed There?
Margarita’s husband is being transferred to Bahrain. Just the word Bahrain conjures up an ombudsman I met whose husband was stationed in Bahrain. She had a pool, a BBQ pit and a maid who came standard with the apartment. I got stuck on the idea of having...
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Mon, Aug 27 2012 10:00 AM
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Is a 6 Month Rotation too Short for a Job?
Let’s say you and your beloved PCS to a training installation where he will attend one of the military’s glorious schools. Since these generally run six-months, you know you’re only there for that period. On the one hand, that’s a really long time to...
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Mon, Aug 27 2012 5:00 AM
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Military Wife Quotes: Beauty in Every Season
My family is about to enter the military life season of deployment. Even though our seasons skip along in the predictable pattern of getting ready to deploy, deployment or deployment recovery, the actual “he’s gone” part always takes me a little by surprise...
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Sun, Aug 26 2012 5:00 AM
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Top Ten Ways To RECHARGE Your Military Enthusiasm!!!(?)
Ok. That title was not written by me. That title was written by a chihuahua dressed up in a Hello Kitty costume who has chewed the top off a dozen 5 Hour Energy bottles this afternoon alone. Me? I have no enthusiasm left for military life today. This...
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Sat, Aug 25 2012 5:38 AM
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How a Hookah Helped us Reintegrate
One of my most difficult struggles during this year’s reintegration process has been giving my husband the space he needs to merge gracefully back into our lives after a year-long military deployment. Since I had to get by without him for so long, it...
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Fri, Aug 24 2012 10:00 AM
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What Not to Say to a Wounded Warrior
Although we are many years down the road of recovery from my husband’s severe 2006 war injury, we still think about the comments we received or have faced since then. There are just some things you should or shouldn’t say to a wounded warrior or his or...
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Fri, Aug 24 2012 5:00 AM
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New Clothes Breaking the Bank?
I’ll admit it: it’s been 16 years since I started kindergarten, but I still remember the very first thrill of going back-to-school shopping with my mom. New pencils, Lisa Frank unicorn folders, a fresh box of crayons, cute new shoes, a darling...
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Thu, Aug 23 2012 6:20 AM
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